Cork-puller



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- CORK FULLER. No. 524,035.

Patented Aug. 7, 1894.

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MELVIN L. WHITE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

CORK-PULLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 524,035, dated August7, 1894.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, MELv'IN L. WHITE, of Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kingsand State of New York, have invented a new and Improved CorkPuller, ofwhich the followings a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved corkpuller, which is simple and durable in construction, very effective inoperation, and arranged to permit the operator to conveniently andquickly pull the cork out of the neck of the bottle or other receptacle.

The invention consists principally of a sleeve tted to slide on ahandled shank, and a series of prongs pivoted in the said shank andextending into slots formed in the said sleeve, so that on moving theshank on the sleeve in one direction the prongs are caused to swingoutward, and on moving the sleeve in the opposite direction 'the prongsare caused to swing inward.

The invention further consists of certain parts anddetails, andcombinations of the same, as will be hereinafter described and thenpointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had tothe accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement with the handle insection. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same on the line 2-'2 ofFig. 1 and with the prongs in a closed position. Fig. 3 is a similarview of the same with the prongs thrown out; and Fig. 4 is an enlargedsectional plan view of the same on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

The improved cork puller is provided with a shank A, on the upper end ofwhich is secured a handle B, adapted to be taken hold of by the operatorfor manipulating the instrument, as hereinafter more fully described.

. On the shank A is fittedy to slide a sleeve O having its outer endpointed as at C', and formed near its inner end with a slot C2, engagedby a pinv D secured in the shank A, so as to limit the slidingmovementof the sleeve on the shank. On the inner end of the sleeve is alsoarranged a finger piece E, adapted to be taken holdof'by the operatorwith one or two fingers, to assist lin removing the cork Application ledDecember 16, 1893. Serial No. 493,821. (No model.)

from the receptacle, as hereinafter more fully described.

Thel lower end of the shank A is provided with alongitudinally-extending slot or split p -A, in which are pivoted aseries of prongs F, Vadapted to engage slots OB, formed-in oppositesides of the sleeve C.v The prongs F extendl with their pointed endsoutwardly and are confined at their points within the slots C3, at thetime the tool is in the position shown'in Fig.y 2, that is the sleeve Cbeing in an innermost position.

In order to readilyv fold the points of the prongs F WithinV the slotsO3, I prefer to make the upper'ends of the slots slightly beveled,

as plainly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The prongs and slotsare arrangedalternately in such a manner that the lirstV/prong extends to the right,the next following onel to the left, the third one to the right, and soon, as plainly shown in Figs. 2 and 3. In' the pointed end C of thesleeve C is arranged an aperture C, l

which serves as a vent hole to permitgases contained in the bottlebetween the liquid and cork to pass out through the hollow sleeve,previous to drawing the cork.

Now, in order to use the instrument, the- 'in a proper distance into thecork, the oper ator then exerts an upward pull on the hana dle B, sothat the shank'A slides upward in the sleeve C held fixed by the cork,so that the prongs F swing outward and enter and embed themselves onopposite sides of the f cork. A further pull on the handle B will causea pull on the cork by the prongs F, as the pin D is now in the uppermostend of the slot C2 and consequently a pull is exerted by the shank A onthe sleeve to hold the prongs in an extended position so that the corkis finally pulled out of the neck of the bottle, or other receptacle.Now, when the cork has been withdrawn. fromthe bottle, it is necessaryto remove it from the shank, and in or,- der to do so, it is necessaryto move the prongs F back in to their folded position and this is IOO aslight pull upwardly on the finger piece E,

so that the sleeve C is drawn upward on the shank A to cause the prongsF to swing inward into a closed position. The operator can now readilyslip the cork oft the sleeve C.

It will be seen that this cork puller is very simple and durable inconstruction, can be cheaply manufactured, and is readily manipulated toconveniently and quickly remove ordraw the cork out of a bottle.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent` l. A cork puller, comprising a handled shank,a sleeve tted to slide on the said handled shank, and a series of prongspivoted in the said shank and extending into slots formed in the saidsleeve, substantially as shown and described.

2. A cork puller, comprising a handled shank, a sleeve fitted to slideon the said handled shank, a series of prongs pivoted in the said shankand extending into slots formed in the said sleeve, the said prongs andcorre- Spending slots being arranged alternately on opposite sidesof thesleeve, substantially as shown and described.

3. A cork puller, comprising a handled shank, a sleeve fitted to slideon the said handled shank, a series of prongs pivoted in the said shankand extending into slots formed in the said sleeve, the said prongs andcorresponding slots being arranged alternately on opposite sides of thesleeve, and a iinger piece on the said sleeve for moving the latter onthe said shank, substantially as shown and described.

4t. A cork puller, comprising 4a. handled shank, a sleeve fitted toslide on the said handled shank, a series of prongs pvoted in the saidshank and extending into slots formed in the said sleeve, and a pin heldon the said shank and engaging a slot in the said sleeve to limit thesliding motion of the sleeve on the shank, substantially as shown anddescribed.

5. A cork puller, comprising a handled shank, a sleeve fitted to slideon the said shank and having a pointed end, a series of prongs pivotedin the said shank and extending alternately in opposite directions toengage corresponding slots in opposite sides of the said sleeve, andmeans, substantially as described, for limiting the sliding motion ofthe shank and sleeve, substantially as shown and described.

MELVIN L. WHITE. lVitnesses:

THEO. G. `I-Ios'rER, C. Snnewrck.

